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In its annual Global Trends report, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency said 68.5 million people were displaced as of the end of 2017. Among them were 16.2 million people who became displaced during 2017 itself, either for the first time or repeatedly.

The Executive Committee of UNHCR studies and approves the agency’s global budget, making very careful decisions in allocating financial resources (funds) to different operations across the world according to priority of needs.

Yao Chen said, “The world cannot afford to fail the new generation of displaced children who have great potential be become successful individuals and play contractive role for peace building in the world.”

Technology turns aspiring architect’s dreams into virtual reality

Teenager Mohammed Kteish dreamt of becoming an architect as he was growing up in the Syrian city of Aleppo.Now those dreams have become a virtual reality project called “Future Aleppo”.